Mesmer
Americannoun
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Late in the eighteenth century, a German doctor, Franz Mesmer, had devised a system that cured illnesses by putting people into trances.
From Literature
If Ameca doesn’t creep you out enough, Engineered Arts also developed another realistic bot, named Mesmer.
From The Verge
Reflecting on that ideal mental state, I thought of mesmerism, the precursor to hypnosis, conceived in the 1770s by the German physician Franz Anton Mesmer.
From New York Times
Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer accidentally discovers hypnotism while treating a blind child.
From Los Angeles Times
In phone world, my name is Carmen, and I’m gunning for a job at an enigmatic architecture firm called Mesmer & Braid.
From The Verge
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